Brutal Planet - Alice Cooper

Some people really like this album while others hate it, but one thing you will agree on is that it is nothing like any other Alice Cooper album of the past. Gone is his glam rock style with catchy and quirky tunes which were a feature of his Trash and Hey Stoopid albums and instead Alice Coooper opts for a very heavy and loud metal sound in Brutal Planet. It should be taken into account that this is his first album on a new record label: Eagle Records. Incidently they are the record company of fellow rockers Dio. I think Alice has realised he's not going to have a big hit on his hands if he targets the mainstream audience with another pop/rock album so hes just gone ...

Alice Cooper once again reinvents himself in this "brutal" outpouring of political travesties that haunt this world. His music is harder then ever, even sounding like Rob Zombie in some songs. This just goes to show that Alice Cooper will always be able to put out good music, no matter what happens. Although this cd was good from the minute I opened it, the music keeps getting better the more I hear it. Like his other cd's, Alice Cooper gives good music, but the lyrics are what is amazing. Alice Cooper is a legend! ...

Alice didn't used to be one of those artists who re-invented themselves every album, but when Brutal Planet came along it showed us a new Alice. An Alice that has chose not to stick with his old glam rock ways and instead has used Marilyn Manson as an icon. Gone are the sing along choruses and there instead are the heavy riffs associated with heavy metal bands, something which Alice isn't one of. It's a shame really, why can't he be his old self. It's not that the album is bad as such, because it's good and has good music on it, it's just not Alice Cooper who was the icon of teenagers during the 70's. He's playing for those ...